LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

29.33 in. (74.50 cm.) (height) by 23.82 in. (60.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated ‘INGRES / 1844’ (lower right)

Provenance:

Commissioned from the artist by Hélène de Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess of Orléans, and by descent to her son, Robert d'Orléans, Duke of Chartres, Morgan House, Ham Common, and rue Jean-Goujon, Paris, and by inheritance to his wife, Françoise d'Orléans, Princess of Joinville, Saint Firmin, Chantilly, and by descent to their daughter, Marguerite d'Orléans, Duchess of Magenta, and by descent to her daughter, Amélie Françoise Marie de Mac-Mahon, Countess of Rambuteau, and by descent to the present owners